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    Shaan Hussain Team Hannah The Liberty Bell Welcome to the Liberty Bell Center. Here you can see The Liberty Bell. A famous symbol of America’s freedom. The Symbolic side of The Bell The Liberty Bell is a symbol of freedom throughout the United States. It was a symbol for people rebelling against Britain‚ as well as for abolitionists calling for an end to slavery and for women demanding the right to vote. The abolitionists were people who thought slavery was wrong because black people are

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    Interpretations of American History The world is full of rich culture‚ diversity and experiences unique to each individual. When determining the validity of historic accounts we must factor in that particular historian’s point of view‚ which should be characterized by ethnicity‚ idealogy‚ theoretical or methodological preference. With these factors views of the past often vary from person to person. In this essay I will be discussing the four different stages that shaped the writing of American

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    For my final project I will be doing studies that are derived from Freud’s Interpretation of Dreams. A well know phrase Freud himself coined was that dreams are the “Royal Road to the Unconscious”. Children’s dreams‚ as Freud had put it‚ where easy to understand because they have not built up any defenses or resistances to “mask” the motive behind their dream. Adults however‚ Freud theorized that they expressed unobtainable wishes‚ and being adults have built up a resistance or put a “mask” on making

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    parts of the play vague. Ophelia’s unclear cause for death‚ Claudius’ supposed guilt‚ and Hamlet’s true desire for revenge and just some of the cases where Shakespeare leaves the specifics vague as to allow the audience to formulate their own interpretations. There are small hints regarding the truth behind Shakespeare’s intentions‚ such as when Gertrude claims that Ophelia’s death was an accident‚ while providing small details that make the audience ponder whether or not Gertrude witnessed Ophelia’s

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    Davenport Jessica Period 3 7 March 2011 Have you ever wondered how modernism went along with the novels that were written in that time? Well “In Another Country” portrays Modernism and The Harlem Renaissance in many different ways. During this period was when WW1 went on from 1914-1918‚ The Jazz Age which was know as “The Roaring Twenties”‚ and The Great Depression‚ which included The Dust Bowl and The New Deal. This was just some of the few things that happened. With some of the historical

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    Interpretations of the text Your work on genre will have raised a number of issues as to just what type of film ’The Kite Runner’ is. One of the genres that we mentioned was the political film. One aspect of the film has to do with terrorism and the consequences of terrorist acts. There is obviously a very timely link here between what we see happening in the film and the current ’war against terrorism’. At one point during the film we see Amir reading Hassan’s letter and hoping that:

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    Analysis and interpretation of “Henry”. Marriage is about two people that make their relationship public and promise to love‚ honour and live together for better or for worse. Many problems can occur in a relationship‚ because no marriage is free of conflicts‚ but when a inflatable doll takes over your place in the relationship‚ does that make you an important part of the marriage? In the short story "Henry" (2007) by Elizabeth Brassington‚ the main character‚ which is the husband‚ is replaced

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    Symbolic Meaning on the Land in Gone with the Wind Abstract: The study of Gone with the Wind has mainly concerned with such aspects as the historical background of the American Civil War‚ the relationship between slave owners and slaves‚ Scarlett’s remarkable personality‚ and the conflicts between north and south cultures. Many more people read it as a love story. This thesis aims at analyzing the symbolic meaning of the land in this masterpiece to interpret this novel better. With application

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    My interpretation of King Lear involves the theme of sight and blindness. This theme is evident throughout the play and a key part in the understanding of the story. In Act 1 Scene 1‚ Lear proclaims that he has decided to split the kingdom into 3‚ to share equally amongst his daughters and their husbands “Know‚ that we have divided in three our Kingdom” which is seen to Kent as a foolish mistake “See better‚ Lear‚ and let me still remain The true blank of thine eye“. Kent tries to convince Lear that

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    George Bunkall Art after War: The Road to Modernism An idea‚ regardless of the intention‚ is the most powerful weapon we humans have at our disposal. It is not the guns‚ medicine or manpower that conquers a nation or settles social turmoil‚ but the influence of the ideas behind them and in some cases the propaganda. An idea can become a movement for social change or it could turn a whole nation against itself. Whether it’s the justification of slavery or the global expansion of Catholicism‚

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